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Any help with overclocking a fx8320 on asus sabertooth fx990 r.2

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#1 ·
Just looking for any help
 
#2 ·
Hi!

It would help if we knew all of your system specs. Can you please fill out your signature rig? You do it by clicking on your avatar at the top of the page and then scrolling down to the bottom. After you have filled it out add it to your signature.

This is a long thread but there is a lot of good information in it. http://www.overclock.net/t/1035333/official-asus-sabertooth-amd-owners-club
 
#4 ·
Ok, first you will want to get a monitoring utility and a stress testing utility. I suggest HWINFO64 from here: https://www.hwinfo.com/download.php

And IBT AVX from here: http://www.overclock.net/attachments/13202

Once you get HWINFO64 set up the way you like it( you can delete and rename things) you are ready to begin.

First, in the bios turn off turbo, CnQ, and basically all the green energy things. If you have AI Suite installed, delete it. It is buggy and can mess things up.

Then set the vcore manually using offset mode to 1.4 volts. Test using IBT AVX while monitoring with HWINFO64. If it passes, then lower the vcore and do it again. Keep doing it until it fails. This is your Point "A". Now start going up on the multiplier and vcore until temperatures hit 62C or so. That is your 24/7 overclock.

Here is my Point "A":
 
#6 ·
That looks pretty good. Could you show a screenie showing both IBT and HWINFO64? Methinks using the microsoft key and print screen key will get you a screenie.
 
#8 ·
It should run at 1866 if you set it to that in the bios and do not bump up the FSB. If you bump the FSB and then it will revert to 1600. There is no real benefit to faster ram until you get to 4.8 ghz. After that faster ram makes a difference.

To go farther than that requires setting the ram to 1600 and going with an FSB OC. An FSB OC overclocks everything so many different settings need to be tweaked. A multi OC is much simpler and still gives good results. It's up to you as to which way to go.
 
#10 ·
Set the bus to 200 and you should be able to hold 1866, and then bump the multi to compensate.
 
#12 ·
Actually anything up to 1.65 volts is fine and is recommended as that adds to stability. I'm running mine at 1.62 volts.
 
#15 ·
How odd. It is a matched set of ram, correct? Try setting the voltage to 1.5 v but that should not make a difference. Try setting it to 1600 and see what happens. If it has to stay at 1600, then you will be doing an FSB overclock.
 
#17 ·
Heh.
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Yes it will stay at 1600 with a multi overclock. It has been so long since I messed with mine that I forgot that.

Have you tried using the different memory presets yet? I get the best results using the one with the 2T timings. It is slower but more stable.
 
#19 ·
CPU ratio: 22.0
CPU bus freq: 204
Mem freq: 1632
CPU/nb freq: 2244
Ht link speed.: 2448
CPU volt: 1.4
Nb volt: 1.1
Nb ht volt: 1.2
CPU load line: high
CPU/nb load line: reg
CPU current capability: 130%
CPU/nb current capability: 100%
CPU power phase: optimized
CPU power response.: ultra fast
CPU/nb power response: fast
 
#20 ·
Ok, I'm really hesitant to do this but here are my bios settings for my 5 ghz stable setup. Do NOT use these cpu voltage settings! They are red for a reason. You should not need the yellow ones either. Then try to keep the CPU/NB and HT link as close to standard as possible. The other settings should make for a stable bios.




 
#23 ·
Yes my rig is air cooled and yes for 24/7 use 1.53 volts is about it.

Lower the cpu speed until it does pass. If the ram is stable 1.44 volts should be good for 4.5 ghz or more.
 
#24 ·
See that's the thing I don't if it was the ram that stopped it or if the 1.44 volts to the CPU wasn't enough I had all the other settings the same as yours EXCEPT the CPU voltage...but i don't why it didn't fail until my home screen it booted I put password in home screen loaded up then it failed
 
#25 ·
Wait, did you actually set the CPU bus frequency to 251? That would give you a 5 ghz overclock. That needs to be set to 200 along with a CPU ratio of 20.0 for a 4 ghz overclock.
 
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